Women to Watch Media® with Sue Rocco

Maraia Hoffman-Tanner , CEO of Star Harbor Space Academy , shared the story behind her title  with us on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Star Harbor Space Academy is the world’s first publicly accessible spaceflight training facility and cutting-edge research and development campus. Our mission is to cultivate a sustainable and thriving future for all those on and off the planet. We believe the minds and...

Carol Alexis Chen, partner & trial lawyer in Winston & Strawn LLP’s Los Angeles office , shared the story behind her title   with us on April 17, 2022. Carol is a former award-winning career federal prosecutor and trial lawyer in the United States Department of Justice, As a member of the Firm’s White Collar, Regulatory Defense, & Internal Investigations group, she represents public an...

Liz Kaplow, Founder & CEO of Kaplow Communications, shared the story behind her title  with us on Sunday, April 10th, 2022. Liz is a visionary entrepreneur who has reinvented the practice of public relations for today’s social/digital world. Liz founded Kaplow Communications on the belief that brands can make meaningful connections with consumers through storytelling, an insight ahead of its t...

Marion Weiler, Founder & CEO of Weiler International LLC™ , shared the story behind her title   with us on April 3, 2022. By working and supporting some of the biggest brands on a global scale such as Sotheby’s International Realty, BMW, and IBM, serving on executive boards, and leading multi-million dollar business divisions, teams and projects, Marion has gained valuable insight into what wo...

Dr. Joan Fallon, Founder & CEO of Curemark , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Dr. Fallon is considered a visionary scientist who has dedicated her life’s work to championing the health and wellbeing of children worldwide. Curemark is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies to treat serious diseases for which there are limi...

Irina Papuc , Co-founder & Managing Partner of Galactic Fed , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, March 20, 2022. After a stint at Toptal and a brief detour at CERN, Irina co-founded Galactic Fed to create strategic growth marketing solutions for modern companies of all sizes. Irina has helped shape a Galactic Fed culture that values independent thought, honesty, and humilit...

Shailja Dixit, CEO of Curio Digital Therapeutics , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, March 13, 2022. Dr. Dixit is a Physician Executive with more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare and life sciences industry. She has been in executive leadership at Sanofi, Allergan, and GE and has been responsible for launching a number of innovative medicines. She was voted innovat...

Lydia Fenet, Global Managing Director, Strategic Partnerships & Lead Benefit Auctioneer at Christie’s Auction House , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, March 6, 2022. Lydia has led auctions for more than six hundred organizations and raised over half a billion dollars for nonprofits globally. Lydia is a keynote speaker represented by CAA and travels internationally speakin...

Yassmin Gramian, Secretary of Transportation for PennDOT , shared the story behind her title  with us on Sunday, February 27, 2022. As secretary, Yassmin oversees programs and policies affecting highways, urban and rural public transportation, airports, railroads, ports, and waterways. She manages PennDOT's annual budget of $9.5 billion, which is invested in all of Pennsylvania's approxima...

Lidija Markovic Rosati, CEO of Momentum Strategies Coaching & Training, shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, February 20, 2022. Lidija is an unconventional entrepreneur, master coach, and an overall corporate hippy, who travels the world coaching budding entrepreneurs, teams, corporations, and awesome females to take their ideas off the ground and turn them into reality, insp...

Sophie Ruddock, Sophie Ruddock, VP and General Manager of Multiverse, North America , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, February 20th, 2022. A founding member of Multiverse , a tech startup focused on high-quality education and training through professional apprenticeships, Sophie is a former impact investor and consultant. After helping Multiverse grow its delivery operations...

Mary A. Dempsey, President of DePaul College Prep , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, February 13, 2022. Ms. Dempsey  served as the first Chair of the Board of Directors at DePaul College Prep from 2014 - 2016. In 2016, Ms. Dempsey was elected President of DePaul College Prep and President of the DePaul College Prep Foundation. She remains a member of the Board of Directors. M...

Jennifer Ernst, CEO & Co-Founder of Tivic Health , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, February 6, 2022. Jennifer is a co-founder and has served as the Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of Tivic Health Systems, Inc., a commercial-stage bioelectronic medicine company focused on treating diseases and conditions by modulating the electrical signals carried along various...

Ilana Golan,  CEO & Growth Specialist at Golan Ventures and Founder of CareerLeap , shared  the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, January 30, 2022. Ilana is the founder of Golan Ventures and Leap, the exclusive program that has been transforming thousands of lives and careers. Tech executive, turned entrepreneur, board director, and investor (in over 100 companies). Selected top 40 w...

Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and publisher of MIT Technology Review , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, January 23, 2022. Since Elizabeth took the helm of MIT Technology Review, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s independent media company, in mid-2017, the business has undergone a massive transformation from its previous position as a respected but niche print maga...

Elissa Bloom, the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, January 9, 2022. Elissa has been with the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator at Macy's Center City since 2011 and, along with the board, launched the successful initiative which is now used as an international model for fashion incubation. Elissa is a highly sought-af...

Diana "DB" Barnes, Chief Brand Officer (CBO) and Creative Director of Munchkin , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, December 26, 2022. Diana (DB) began her career at Munchkin in 2014. She oversees global brand partnerships and manages the Public Relations, Social Media and Brand Design teams worldwide. Under DB’s leadership, Munchkin’s Brand Design team has won over 80...

Ala Isham, Founder and Creative Director of Ala von Auersperg , co-founder of the National Center for Victims of Crime , and founder of the Brain Trauma Foundation, shared the true story behind her title  with us on Sunday, December 19th, 2021. Ala had been working with the designer Antonio Gual for years, creating such pieces for herself, when in 2015 he suggested applying her original nature- an...

Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, Psychiatrist & Author , shared the story behind his title   with us on Sunday, December 12th, 2021. Dr. Perry is the Principal of the  Neurosequential Network , Senior Fellow of  The ChildTrauma Academy  and a Professor (Adjunct) in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and the Sch...

Lauri-Ann Ainsworth, CEO of the Branson Centre Caribbean , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, December 5th, 2021. Lauri-Ann carries with her years of experience in developing the Caribbean’s entrepreneurial landscape. Having coached and mentored startups, she’s developed a strong passion for supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem supported by her visionary thinking and leader...

Anne M. Prisco, PhD , president of Holy Family University, shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, November 28th, 2021. Dr. Anne Prisco began her tenure as the sixth president of Holy Family University in July 2021. She has dedicated herself to advancing higher education and student success. Over the course of her impressive career, Dr. Prisco has served as an administrator, faculty...

Monique Idlett-Mosley, Founder and Managing Partner of Reign   Venture Capital (RVC) , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, November 21st, 2021. Monique is a globally recognized entertainment pioneer. Her power and influence stem from a unique blend of business acumen and innovative strategic vision. Monique brings over two decades of unprecedented success as CEO of Reign Venture...

Sarah Zubiate, Founder & CEO of Zubi's , shared the story behind her title   with us on Sunday, November 14th, 2021. Being raised in the El Paso/Juarez area, Sarah grew up on incredible, family meals centered around her mother Gloria’s “famous” salsa. Because Sarah was known to “spice things up”, she shamelessly would add several helpings of lime juice and cayenne pepper to her bowl…leadin...

Kirsten Moorefield, Cofounder & COO of Cloverleaf and a TEDx Speaker , shared the true story behind her title  with us on Sunday, November 7th, 2021. Kirsten didn't intend to start a tech company, yet here she is, the co-founder and COO of an H.R. tech platform that allows individuals and employees to be their best selves both at work and at home. Cloverleaf believes that good business is...

Dana Bookman , founder & CEO of Canadian Girls Baseball and founding VP of American Girls Baseball , shared the true story behind her title  with us on Sunday, October 31st, 2021. Awarded a 2021 Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor-General of Canada for work with CGB & named one of the top 100 most influential people in Canadian baseball by the Canadian Baseball Network, Dana is a str...